In a Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference call held yesterday, Theresa O’Neill, an asset-backed strategist from the firm, said that participants in the consumer ABS market need to keep a careful eye on certain regulatory developments related to securitization, namely the bank capital rules, risk retention, as well as any new rules from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
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View year-to-date 2011 ABS issuance totals for ABS, MBS and CMBS.
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View the year-to-date manager rankings for the different ABS sectors, including real estate, credit cards and autos.
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See results from the Mortgage Bankers Association's Refinance and Purchase Indexes as well as the weekly mortgage rates surveyed by Freddie Mac.
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The CMBS market may get a turbo boost early next year, when an updated benchmark will enable market participants to more effectively hedge positions.
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The Global Financial Markets Association said that it supports IOSCO's efforts to analyze industry initiatives on risk retention, transparency and disclosure standardization.
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Springleaf has “adequate liquidity” to survive over the next 12 months, and is seeing smaller losses on its business
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency Friday morning directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to increase their loan guarantee fees.
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The Federal Housing Finance Authority's announcement increasing GSE g-fees by 10 basis points is positive for 30-year MBS, analysts said.
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The Real Estate Finance Group's addition of three commercial real estate lenders expands its client service and coverage nationwide for commercial real estate.
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Servicing balances totaled $9.19 trillion at June 30, compared to $8.9 trillion at March 31.
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Standard &Poor's said today that used vehicle sales are likely to increase more than 2% y/y in August to 3.9mn units, signaling continued auto loan originations and ABS issuance.
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But the GOP statement of principles offers no specifics on how Fannie and Freddie should be “wound down.”
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